Canadian beauty Emmanuelle Vaugier is perhaps best known for portraying Dr. Helen Bryce, Lex Luthor's girlfriend, on the WB's hit drama Smallville. Vaugier starred in the WB comedy My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, and in the film 40 Days and 40 Nights, opposite Josh Hartnett. She has also completed starring roles in three independent films, including Suddenly Naked, in which she plays a Latin pop sensation; Mindstorm, a sci-fi thriller; and Ripper, a psychological thriller about students that mysteriously disappear after enrolling in a class about serial killers.

On the small screen she has held several guest-starring roles including The Outer Limits; Higher Ground opposite Hayden Christensen; and in the WB's Charmed. Vaugier also appeared in the Emmy Award-nominated miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family, in which she portrayed Mike Love's wife Suzanne.

Vaugier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew up in a French-speaking household. She currently resides in Los Angeles.